Even though I love my little ones to pieces my food isn’t always prepared with them in mind. Sometimes moms need some grown up time and grown up food (think wine, cheese, and a group of friends sitting around a coffee table). This appetizer is perfect for such an occasion, or any party. It’s a really expensive looking dish because of the caviar, but it’s not that pricey because you don’t actually use a lot of the stuff. Also, in case it hasn’t occurred to you to search for caviar at your local grocery store, you can find it there for a decent price. There’s no need to go nuts and buy a $100 jar of the stuff. I found caviar for $8.99 at my local Stop & Shop and it came with a $2.00 coupon too (it was in the same section as the canned tuna). Incidentally I’ve found the same brand online for $25 plus shipping and handling! This is a recipe I’ve adapted from my husband’s step mother who serves it at just about all of her parties. I say adapted because among other things she sticks a stick of butter into the recipe and that’s just uncalled for. I mean it’s pretty decadent as it is. I recently brought this to a get together at a friend’s house and everyone liked it and I’ve have had a couple of requests for the recipe. So I figured I might as well share it with the larger world and help brighten up all your parties.

Caviar Pie

You will need a shallow serving dish with about a 3 cup capacity. I like to use a small rectangular (7x5x1.5”) Pyrex dish because it comes with a cover for easy storage or transport. This recipe will make enough for such a small dish (with a little extra filling left over for snacking) so if you want to use a traditional pie plate, there should be enough filling but you should use twice as much caviar.

¼ cup plain yogurt -I use non fat for the same waistline reason, but feel free to use whatever you like

¼ of a red onion, finely chopped

1 small jar of caviar (2 oz)

A few stems of chive, finely chopped, for garnish (optional)

Process:

Peel and crumble up the hard boiled eggs in a bowl. Mix in the diced onion.

Add the cream cheese and yogurt and mix with the egg and onion. It helps if the cream cheese is a little softened.

When the ingredients are combined spread the mixture into a serving dish. At this point you can cover it and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve it.

When you are ready to serve the pie, spread the caviar in a thin layer over the cream cheese mixture. Top with finely chopped chives if you wish. The 2 oz jar just covers the cream cheese with a thin layer. Of course you can get more caviar of you want to have a thicker layer, especially in case you have one of those guests who likes to skim the caviar off the top… a la Tom Hank’s character in You’ve Got Mail.